Imperialism & War
Grounds for optimism
03 Feb 2011
Israeli socialist Moshé Machover talks to Mark Fischer about the implications of the uprising in Egypt for the whole region
The prince and the terrorist
04 Aug 2022
Yassamine Mather explores the fabulously rich bin Laden family and the links between the Middle East’s efficient royals and Britain’s dignified royals
Pulling the dragon’s tail
04 Aug 2022
Dan Lazare looks at the dangerous implications of Nancy Pelosi’s provocative trip to Taiwan, and the silence of the congressional left
Gunning for China
04 Aug 2022
Eddie Ford wonders whether the much-heralded Kherson counter-offensive and massive deliveries of western armaments could be a potential game-changer
No support for either side
28 Jul 2022
War crimes investigations and trials are not just a continuation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict by other, legal, means. There is, Yassamine Mather shows, a grisly connection with the Middle East
Energy as a weapon
28 Jul 2022
Michael Roberts looks at the fallout from the Ukraine war and how plans for an oil cap could trigger a deep recession
Coup and collapse
28 Jul 2022
Daniel Lazare looks at the damning made-for-TV congressional hearings on Trump’s coup attempt - and their ultimate futility
Very much in control
28 Jul 2022
The US may be in decline, writes Moshé Machover, but the left is doing little or nothing in the way of strategic thinking
Ideologue of the revolution
28 Jul 2022
He drew on secular thinkers such as Frantz Fanon, Jean-Paul Sartre and Karl Marx, Catholic liberation theology and the symbolism and language of Shi’ite Islam. Lydia Apolinar explores the ideas and influence of Ali Shariati
Looking for a green light
21 Jul 2022
We may be seeing an economic meltdown, says Esen Uslu, but there is no mass opposition movement and Erdoğan knows how to create domestic and foreign diversions
Recovering global ascendancy
21 Jul 2022
Sri Lanka’s debt crisis and political collapse could easily be repeated in other so-called third world countries. Mike Macnair argues that this is a knock-on effect of the Ukraine war and America’s determination to smash any tendency towards a multipolar world
Fist bumps and pariahs
21 Jul 2022
Russia seeks allies and arms, the US seeks allies and oil. Yassamine Mather reports on the diplomatic moves and the nuclear threats
Biden’s Middle East stumble
21 Jul 2022
The president’s tour was an embarrassment for the US establishment from start to finish, writes Daniel Lazare
Let’s talk about divorce
14 Jul 2022
Does Biden’s lame response to the Supreme Court mark the end of the line for the DSA’s strategic reliance on the Democrats? Daniel Lazare argues for a break
First our own rulers
14 Jul 2022
Far from running out of troops and material and facing defeat, Russian forces continue to relentlessly advance. But, Alexander Gallus of the US journal Cosmonaut argues, for us the main enemy remains at home
Yet another failure
07 Jul 2022
Ibrahim Raisi’s government faces major challenges - not least the Doha talks over a possible nuclear deal. Yassamine Mather reports on the latest negotiations and the growing swell of internal economic protests